Courtesy Phrases
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/Courtesy_Phrases:5
Some
basic greetings are hola, buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas nóche, cómo te
llamas, qué tal, and adios.
Hola
in English is hello
Buenos
días in English good morning
Buenas
tardes in English is good afternoon
Buenas
nóche in English is good night
Cómo
te llmas in English is what’s your name
Qué
tal in engles is how are you
Adios
in engles is goodbye
When you want to thank someone.
Gracias= thanks
Muchas gracias=thanks a lot
Mil gracias= thanks a million
When you want to say you’re welcome.
De nada= you’re welcome
Por nada= you’re very welcome
No hay de qué= you’re super welcome
When you want to say please.
Por favor= please
Before we can even start speaking Spanish to other, you need to know the basic conversation in order to talk to other people. Also, you need to know how to address other such as formal or informal. Here are example below that shows you and when to use it.
Numerals | Spanish | Pronunciation |
0 | Cero | Zero |
1 | Uno | (woo - no) |
2 | Dos | (doe - s) |
3 | Tres | (tria - s) |
4 | Cautro | (qua - joe) |
5 | Cinco | (sane - go) |
6 | Seis | (sis) |
7 | Siete | (see - at - de) |
8 | Ocho | (all - cho) |
9 | Nueve | (new-wave-ve) |
Congratulations on learning your numbers! Now is the time to apply them into REAL LIFE SITUATIONS! Asking for someone else’s number!
How to say what is your phone number in Spanish?
Ask: ¿Cuál es so numero de teléfono?
Pronunciation: cuál - sounds like “gal”
es - sounds like “as”
so - sounds like “ so”
numero - sounds like “numeral”
de - sounds like “de”
telépfono - sounds like “delephono”
How to break up phone # in Spanish?
This part is very easy if you want to break up the phone number, just pause!
Ex: 267-999-1345
Way #1: dos seis siete (pause) nueve nueve nueve (pause) uno tres cautro cinco
Numbers 100 - 999: In these set of numbers, the hundreds and the tens place don’t need to be connected by “y.” But, you need to connect the tens and the ones place by “y”
Numerals | Spanish | Pronunication |
100 | Cien | (see-in) |
101 | Ciento | (see-in-doe) |
102 | Ciento dos | (see-in-doe) (doe-s) |
144 | Ciento caurenta y cautro | (see-in-doe) (qua-ring-da) (e) (qua-joe) |
200 | Doscientos | (doe-s-see-in-doe-s) |
202 | Doscientos dos | (doe-s-see-in-doe-s) (doe-s) |
300 | Trescientos | (tris-see-in-doe-s) |
389 | Trescientos ochenta y nueve | (tris-see-doe-s) (all-chen-da) (e) (new-wave-ve) |
400 | cuatrocientos | (qua-joe-see-in-doe-s) |
500 | Quientos | (key-in-doe-s) |
600 | Seiscientos | (sis-see-in-doe-s) |
700 | Sietecientos | (see-at-de-see-in-doe-s) |
800 | Ochocientos | (all-cho-see-in-doe-s) |
900 | Novecientos | (no-ve-see-in-doe-s) |
999 | Novecientos noventa y nueve | (no-ve-see-in-doe-s) (no-van-da) (e) (new-wave-ve) |
Trick: The single number + cientos (100, plural with a “s”) + the tens place (without “y”) + y (connect the tens and the ones place) + (single number)
EX: 685
Seiscientos ochenta y cinco
or,
EX: 105
Ciento (single, no “s”) cinco
Numbers 1000 - a million
Numerals | Spanish | Pronunciation |
1000 | uno mil | (woo-no) (mill) |
1023 | uno mil veinte y tres | (woo-no) (mill) (van-de) (e) (tria-s) |
2000 | Dos mil | (doe-s) (mill) |
3000 | Tres mil | (tria-s) (mill) |
4000 | Cautro mil | (qua-joe) (mill) |
5000 | Cinco mil | (sane-go) (mill) |
6000 | sesis mil | (sis) (mill) |
9000 | nueve mil | (new-wave-ve) (mill) |
Trick: In numbers 1000 - 9999 |
1.Chose Es la or Son las based on the hour
2.State the hour
3.Connect the hours and minutes with “y”
4.State the minutes
Ex: 2: 10
Son las dos y diez
1.Chose Es la or Son las based on the hour
2.State the hour ahead
3.Connect the hours and minutes with “memos”
4.State how many minutes it would take to be in the hour you state on step two
Ex: 4: 55
Son las cinco memos cincenta y cinco
Ex: 12: 48
Es la una memos doce
The reason it is Es la instead of Son las is because the hour ahead of twelve is one. Therefore, it is singular.
Two ways to say 30mins. and 15mins.
You can say “treinte” or media (mad-de-ya), which means ½.
You can say diez y cinco or cuatro (qua-do-ro), which means ¼.
AM/PM:
AM: de la manaña (de) (la) (mi-ya-la)
PM (afternoon): de la tardes (de) (la) (started-this)
PM (night): de la noche (de) (la) (no-che)
Midnight: La medianocho (la) (mad-de-ya) (no-cho)
¿Qué día hace hoy?
(ke) (de-yah) (ar-say) (holl)
Lunes (loon-this) Martes (Mar-this) Miércoles (me-at-go-les) Jueves (clay-ves) Viernes (ve-and-ne-mas) Sábado (sa-ba-doe) Domingo (doe-min-go) |
January | Enero | (in-near-ro) |
Febuary | Febrero | (fa-be-lea-row) |
March | Marzo | (mar-zo) |
April | Abril | (a-breil-o) |
May | Mayo | (my-oh) |
June | Junio | (who-knee-oh) |
July | Julio | (who-knee-oh) |
Augest | Agosto | (a-goo-stole) |
September | Septiembre | (sep-den-b-le) |
October | Octubre | (all-tube-b-le) |
November | Noviembre | (no-van-in-b-le) |
December | Diciembre | (de-sea-in-b-le) |
What is your name?
Ask:
Informal: ¿Cómo te llamas?
pronunciation: (comb-no) (te) (yah-mas))
or,
Formal: ¿Cómo se llama?(it is spelled as Como with an accent on the m)
pronunciation: (comb-mo) (te) (yah-ma))
Reply:
Me llamo (your name).
How old are you?
Ask:
¿Cuántos años tienes?
pronunciation: (quone-dos) (un-yos) (tea-and-ness))
Reply: Yo tengo (your age) anós.
When is your birthday?
Ask:¿ Cáundo es tu cumpleaños?
pronunciation: (qu-doe) (as) (to) (comb-beli-un- yos)
Reply: Mi cumpleaños es el (number) de (month).
Where you came from?
Ask: formal: ¿De donde es?
or,
informal: ¿De Donde eres?
pronunciation: (de) (don’t - de) (eres)
Reply: Soy de (country, city, etc.).
or,
Reply: Soy de (country, city, etc.) pero vivo en (you live in now)
Thanks.
(Gracias)
pronunciation: (grad-see-as)
Its a pleasure.
Un Placer
Pronunciation:(n) (pla-see-er)
Its nice to meet you.
Mucho Gusto
Pronunciation:(moo-cho) (good-stole)
¡Hola! The Way to Introduce Yourself
The ways of saying Hi!:
Time frame | Meaning: | Spanish | Pronunication |
All the time | Hi! or Hello! | ¡Hola! | (all-la) |
In the Morning | Good Morning! | ¡Buenos Días! | (windows) (de-as) |
In the afternoon | Good Afternoon! | ¡Buenas Tardes! | (windows) (started -this) |
In the night | Good Night! | ¡Buenas Noches! | (windows) (nar-ches) |
The two ways to say how are you informally - these are the ways of saying hello to someone your age, a close friend, or a person with a first encounter. Basically, these are the way to say hi casually.
English | Spanish | Pronunication |
How are you? | ¿Cómo estas? | (comb-mo) (es-stas) |
How are you? | ¿Qué tál? | (ke) (tile) |
How to say How are you formally or in a pural state: to say How are you formally means that the person you are talking to can be an elder, a boss, or someone you respect.
Situation: | English | Spanish | Pronunciation |
Formal | How are you? | ¿Cómo esta ud.? | (comb-mo) (es-ta) (wo-stead) |
Pural | How are you? | ¿Cómo estan uds. | (comb-mo) (es-ta) (wo-stand-this |
Here are some basic conversations:
Play #1
Sally:¡Hola!
Sally:¿Qué tál?
Mike: ¡Buen! (means: fine)
Pronunciation: (be-in)
Play #2
Jordon: ¡Hola!
Jordon: ¿Como estas?
Sherry: Mas o memos. (means: so-so)
Pronunciation: (mas-so-men-nos)
And some other replies:
English meaning: | Spanish | Pronunication |
happy | feliz | (philies) |
sad | mal | (ma-ir) |
excellent | excelente | (excellen-de) |
horrible | horrible | (holy-lee-bree) |
marvellous | estupendo/a (ends with”o” means masculine, ends with “a” means feminine) | (es-do-beyon-do) or (es-do-benyon-da) |
Goodbyes: informal
Bye: Chao
(chao)
Goodbye: Adios
(ah-de-yos)
Remember! When you use informal terms, always use it when you were talking to a person your age, first encounter, a a close friend.
Goodbyes: Formal
Its a pleasure.
Un Placer
(n) (pla-see-er)
Its nice to meet you.
Mucho Gusto
(mo-sho) (good-stole)
Remember! When using formal terms, always use it during formal situations or talking to someone who are respected, an elder, or someone older than you.
Congratulation on learning how to say hellos and goodbyes, Last but not last give yourself a tap on the back!
What is your favorite sport? | ¿Qué deporte te gusta? | pronunciation: (ge) (de-port-de) (te) (goo-sta) |
What is your favorite music? | ¿Qué música te gusta? | Pronunciation: (ge) (moo-see-ca) (te) (goo-sta) |
What is your favorite food? | ¿Qué comida te gusta? | pronunciation: (ge) (comb-me-da) (te) (goo-sta) |
Sport | Spanish | Pronunciation |
Basketball | El baloncesto | (el) (buy-no-sis-doe) |
Swimming | La natación | (la) (not-ta-see-own) |
Volleyball | Voleibol | (vol-lay-boli) |
American football | El fútbol Americano | (el) (foot-boil) (ameri-ka-no) |
Tennis | El tenis | (el) (thin-knees) |
Soccer | El fútbol | (el) (foot-boli) |
Music | Spanish | Pronunciation |
jazz | La jazz | (la) (jazz) |
rock music | La música rock | (la) (moo-see-ka) (rock) |
La música pop | pop music | (la) (moo-see-ka) (bop) |
La música clásica | classic music | (la) (moo-see-ka) (class-sat-ka) |
Food | Spanish | Pronunciation |
Pizza | La comida pizza | (la) (call-me-da) (pizza) |
Chinese food | La comida China | (la) (call-me-da) (che-la) |
Italian food | La comida Italiana | (la) (call-me-da) (in-tell-knee-a-la) |
Mexican food | La comida Mexicana | (la) (call-me-da) (max-in-ka-la) |
Salad | La ensalada | (la) (in-sir-la-da) |
Fruit | La fruta | (la) (fruit-da) |
chocolate | El chocolate | (el) (chal-co-lot-de) |